CLOCK'S GIVING TREE
This holiday season, Clock, Inc has decorated our tree with some of our favorite nonprofit organizations, both locally in the Quad Cities and around the world! Hover your mouse over an ornament to learn more about the organization and how to make a donation!
*If you are able to leave a note with your gift, we ask that you let the organization know this contribution was facilitated by the Clock, Inc Giving Tree*
Clock, Inc LGBT+ Community Center
Clock, Inc’s purpose is to provide a non-judgmental, safe and reliable community center for LGBT+ individuals, to reduce any feelings of discrimination or isolation.
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Go to clockinc.org
2. Click “donate” on the top right hand side
3. Donate today!
OR
Check out our Amazon Wishlist:
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Dress for Success is a non-profit that empowers women to achieve economic independence through a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help them thrive in work and in life.
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Go to: quadcities.dressforsuccess.org/get-involved/donate/
2. Click “donate money”
3. Donate today!
OR
1. Go to: quadcities.dressforsuccess.org/get-involved/donate/
2. Click “donate clothes”
3. Follow the guidelines
4. Donate today!
Dress For Success
Habitat For Humanity
Habitat for Humanity Quad Cities is a 501c3, tax-exempt, nonprofit housing organization that has served the local community since 1993. We operate in Scott County, Iowa and Rock Island County, Illinois.
In the Quad Cities, our programs consist of New Home Construction, Neighborhood Revitalization, and we have just begun a partnership with Rebuilding Together Quad Cities to build handicap accessible ramps.
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Go To: habitatqc.org
2. Click "donate at the top of the homepage
3. Click "Donate Now"
4. Donate Today!
DeLaCerda House
DeLaCerda House, Inc. collaborates with many local and regional programs and agencies to provide safe, affordable housing to individuals and families that are affected by HIV/AIDS.
This referral system helps to coordinate the right services and housing needs to those in our community who are struggling with homelessness and inability to find affordable housing to meet their needs. DeLaCerda House, Inc. believes that housing is healthcare and our programs provide an atmosphere of hope and healing to those we were in our programs.
HOW TO DONATE!
DeLaCerda House is looking for:
silverware; hygiene items; paper towels; toilet paper; new pillows; sheet sets for full beds
Please contact Cathy Jordan at cathy@delacerdahouseinc.org to schedule a time to drop off.
This is a rock painting group in honor of my son Keagan Belle Isle. He lost his battle with depression and died from suicide on April 6, 2017. He also struggled with an eating disorder called anorexia.
Keagan loved performing random acts of kindness and I thought rock painting would be a great way to honor his memory while also raising awareness of suicide and eating disorders. I would like to be able to pay it forward and maybe impact someone else in need, please join me in brightening the world one rock at a time.
HOW TO DONATE!
Keagan's Rocks is looking for:
Pintar paint pens; paint brushes; rocks (HyVee or Amazon, good condition); apple barrel acrylic paint
Please contact Clock, Inc at info@clockinc.org to schedule a time to drop off.
Keagan's Rocks
Foster's Voice
Foster was a 19 year old struggleing with depression and took his life on July 21, 2017. Foster's Voice, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charity that understands that Suicide and Mental Health does not discriminate and can affect any person no matter your age, race, gender, or sexual orientation. We want to end the Stigma of Suicide and let others know that it's ok Not to be ok! Please reach out to someone if you need help!
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Go to: www.fostersvoice.org
2. Click "donate online"
3. Donate today!
Argrow's House
Argrow's House is a safe space where free services are offered daily for women healing from violence and abuse. Services range from domestic violence support groups, spiritual direction, art therapy, massage therapy, and more.
We wanted to empower women's mind, body, spirit, as well as financially. So we started a bath and body business where women healing from abuse can create beautiful all natural bath and body products that provide a living wage for themselves in a safe space that celebrates who they are.
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Go to: argrowshouse.org
2. Click "donate" at the top of the page
3. Donate today!
Project Semicolon is a nonprofit dedicated to mental health awareness and suicide prevention. One million people die yearly of suicide; we want to change that.
Project Semicolon hopes to serve as an inspiration.
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Go to: www.facebook.com/projectsemicolon
2. Click "donate"
3. Donate today!
Project Semicolon
Matthew Shepard Foundation
The Matthew Shepard Foundation's mission is to amplify the story of Matthew Shepard to inspire individuals, organizations, and communities to embrace the dignity and equality of all people. Our work is an extension of Matt's passion to foster a more caring and just world. We share his story and embody his vigor for civil rights to change the hearts and minds of others to accept everyone as they are.
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Go to: www.matthewshepard.org
2. Click "contribute"
3. Click on "Visit our donation page" under "Donate"
3. Donate today!
LGBT National Help Center
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) National Help Center, founded in 1996, is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization that provides vital peer-support, community connections, and resource information to people with questions regarding sexual orientation and/or gender identity
Utilizing a diverse group of LGBT volunteers, we operate three national hotlines, the LGBT National Hotline, the LGBT National Youth Talkline, and the LGBT National Senior Hotline as well as private, volunteer one-to-one online chat, that helps both youth and adults with coming-out issues, safer-sex information, school bullying, family concerns, relationship problems and a lot more.
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Go to: www.glbthotline.org
2. Click "donate" at the top right side of the page
3. Donate today!
NAMI Greater Mississippi Valley is one of the oldest NAMI affiliates. Formed at a kitchen table in 1979 by families looking for answers, NAMI has grown into the largest grassroots mental health organization in the United States.
NAMI is dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental health conditions and their families, empowering them toward recovery. NAMI does not provide treatment or counseling; rather the organization focuses on education, advocacy, and support.
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Go to: www.namigmv.org
2. Click "donate" at the top right side of the page
3. Click "donate to NAMI"
4. Donate today!
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Human Rights Campaign
Leading the fight for LGBTQ rights. We've spent 40 years creating the most powerful movement for equality our country has ever seen. But despite this progress, our most marginalized are still suffering from violence, discrimination, and fear.
Our goal is to ensure that all LGBTQ people, and particularly those of us who are trans, people of color, and HIV+, are treated as full and equal citizens within our movement, across our country, and around the world.
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Go to: hrc.org
2. Click "donate" at the top right side of the page
3. Donate today!
GC2B
We are committed to making our binders as accessible as possible, giving back to the community, and enabling local and global organizations to support their communities. We know first-hand the importance of having a reliable binder, and understand the barriers many people face in getting a binder. We are dedicated to providing friendly and comfortable resources and information.
Over the past two years, GC2B has sponsored 100+ LGBT+ organizations, and we have donated over 6,000+ chest binders to be distributed to people in need, including Clock, Inc LGBT+ Community Center.
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Make checks payable to: GC2B
2. Contact info@clockinc.org to schedule a time to drop off your check and we will send it to them in your honor.
Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Go to: thetrevorproject.org
2. Click "donate" at the top right side of the page
3. Donate today!
The Trevor Project
National Center for Transgender Equality
The National Center for Transgender Equality advocates to change policies and society to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender people. In the nation's capital and throughout the country, NCTE works to replace disrespect, discrimination, and violence with empathy, opportunity, and justice.
The National Center for Transgender Equality was founded in 2003 by transgender activists who recognized the urgent need for pulicy change to advance transgender equality. With a committed board of directors, a volunteer staff of one, and donated office space, we set out to accomplish what no one had yet done: provide a powerful transgender advocacy presence in Washington, D.C. Today, NCTE has grown to a staff of over 20 and works at the local, state, and federal levels to change laws, policies, and society.
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Go to: transequality.org
2. Click"donate" at the top right side of the page
3. Donate today!
Transgender Law Center
Transgender Law Center changes law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression.
Transgender Law Center (TLC) is the largest national trans-led organization advocating for a world in which all people are free to define themselves and their futures. Grounded in legal expertise and committed to racial justice, TLC employs a variety of community-driven strategies to keep transgender and gender nonconforming people alive, thriving, and fighting for liberation
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Go to: transgenderlawcenter.org
2. Click "donate at the top right side of the page
3. Donate today!
Heifer International
We work to end hunger and poverty in partnership with the communities we serve. Our programs support entrepreneurs around the world, creating lasting change from the ground up. It begins with a seed investment of livestock or agriculture, followed by mentorship to help project participants build a business, and ultimately to gain access to supply chains and markets.
We're on a mission to end hunger and poverty in a sustainable way by supporting and investing alongside local farmers and their communities. We work in 21 countries around the world to strengthen local economies and build secure livelihoods that guarantee a living income to local farmers.
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Go to: heifer.org
2. Click "donate" at the top right side of the page
3. Donate today!
World Wildlife Fund
WWF works to help local communities conserve the natural resources they depend upon; transform markets and policies toward sustainability; and protect and restore species and their habitats. Our efforts ensure that the value of nature is reflected in decision-making from a local to a global scale.
WWF connects cutting-edge conservation science with the collective power of our partners in the field, more than one million supporters in the United States and five million globally, as well as partnerships with communities, companies, and governments. Today, human activities put more pressure on nature than ever before, but it's also people who have the power to change this trajectory. Together, we can address the greatest threats to life on this planet and protect the natural resources that sustain and inspire us.
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Go to: worldwildlife.org
2. Click "donate" at the top right side of the page
3. Donate today!
CenterLink's mission is to strengthen, support, and connect LGBTQ community centers and build a thriving center network that creates healthy, vibrant communities. Supporting CenterLink shows that you care about LGBT communities and the vital work that these centers do each and every day across the U.S., Canada, and beyond
CenterLink was founded in 1994 as a member-based coalition to support the development of strong, sustainable, LGBTQ community centers. CenterLink plays a vital role in addressing the challenges centers face by helping them to improve their organizational and service delivery capacity, access public resources, and engage their regional communities in grassroots social justice movements.
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Go to: lgbtcenters.org
2. Click "give" at the top right of the page
3. Donate today!
CenterLink
The mission of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion, or a family's ability to pay.
Unlike any other hospital, the majority of our funding comes from individual contributions. And thanks to generous donors, families never receive a bill from St. Jude.
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Go to: stjude.org
2. Click "donate now" at the top right side of the page
3. Donate today!
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Team Trees
Last year, Team Trees hit their goal of planting 20 million trees around the globe. Help them continue their mission!
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Go to: teamtrees.org
2. Choose how many trees you'd like to plant
3. Donate today!
National Eating Disorders Association
The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) is the largest nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting individuals and families affected by eating disorders. NEDA supports individuals and families affected by eating disorders, and serves as a catalyst for prevention, cures, and access to quality care.
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Go to: nationaleatingdisorders.org
2. Click "more ways to give" at the top right side of the page
3. Click "donate now" on the left side of the page
4. Donate today!
The basic mission of the Marine Toys for Tots Program is to collect new unwrapped toys and distribute those toys to less fortunate children at Christmas.
The primary goal of Marine Toys for Tots is, through the gift of a new toy, help bring the joy of Christmas and send a message of hope to America's less fortunate children.
HOW TO DONATE!
1. Go to: toysfortots.org
2. Click "donate" at the top right side of the page
3. Donate today!
OR
1. Donate a toy!
2. Contact info@clockinc.org to schedule a time to drop off your toy donation and we will deliver it to them in your honor!